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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "oko williams" <kowilam@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsokk@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:20:57 +0000
Subject: Confirm Receipt;
FROM THE DESK:Mr. Oko William.
BRANCH MANAGER,
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA)
PLOT 669, ILupeju STREET,
P O BOX 75455,VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
LAGOS NIGERIA
Compliments of the season and Good-Day to you my friend.
My Name is Oko William.
DearFriend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though,this medium
(Internet)has been greatly
abused,I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the
fastest,surest and most secured medium of communication However,this
correspondence is unofficial and
private,and it should be treated as such.
I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may
think of. I am Mr. Oko William, a United Bank For Africa PLC Branch manager,
ILupeju Branch NIGERIA. ! I am contacting you based on Trust and
confidentiality that will be attached to this deal.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
PLC NIGERIA) in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of
Mrs.Schranner Maria, who was
one of my branch depositor,should be declared dormant and confisticated the
depositor?s fund to the Bank Treasury according to Nigeria Banking and
Financial law. he is a
foreigner based in Nigeria, unfortunately She is late. died on a fatal plane
crash on monday,31 july,2000,13:GMT 14:22 uk with
other passengers on board as you can confirm through this website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
She is an account holder in my branch, she owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six
Hundred United States Dollars Only) deposited in the account. In fact it
happened that since her death,the next of kin of the dollar account
holder(thebrother) has not show up for the claim.
This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in.I
want you to come in as the relation of the
deceased, I will give you the contact of the attorney, you will have to
write to him Telling him you are a relation to the deceased and that you
have found out that Mrs.Schranner Maria has account with UNITED BANK FOR
AFRICA PLC ILLUPEJU BRANCH NIGERIA which you wants to lay claims through his
legal authority.He is going to be happy to
assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims
of the money.
Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this
transaction.We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to
back up the claims.The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get
the fund retrieved
successfully Without trace even in future.
Please i need the following:
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3.HOME ADDRESS
4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.
5.YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall
share the money 70-30.
I sincerely will appreciate your acknowledgement as soon as
possible to indicate your interest to
enable us proceed.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Oko Williams
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